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DK Science: Body Temperature

Solar panelsTemperature controlHeat regulationIdeal body temperatureFuzzy raptorScientists cannot agree whether dinosaurs were coldblooded or warm-blooded. Cold-blooded animals, such as reptiles,…

DK Science: Behaviour Cycles

MIGRATING REINDEERLONG JOURNEY HOMELONG-DISTANCE NAVIGATIONMONARCH MARATHONDORMANCYFIND OUT MOREAnimals have many instinctive behaviours that are linked to climate. Seasonal changes trigger…

DK Science: Separating Mixtures

DECANTING GOLDDISTILLATIONFILTRATIONCHROMATOGRAPHYFIND OUT MOREThe substances in a mixture are separated by the differences in their physical properties, such as their particle size. The more…

Weather: Putting Up a Front

Putting Up a FrontWeatherOn Another FrontMass AppealPutting Up a FrontFrontal AttackStorms on the FrontTelling What's Next What happens when two different air masses meet? You get a front. The…

Henry Adams BULLARD, Congress, LA (1788-1851)

BULLARD, Henry Adams, a Representative from Louisiana; born in Pepperell, Mass., September 9, 1788; was graduated from Harvard University in 1807; studied law in Boston and Philadelphia; was…

DK Science: Mixtures

COMMON PARTICLESMINERAL MIXTURESPARTICLE SIZESOLUTIONSFIND OUT MOREAlmost everything is made of different substances mixed together. Things are only easy to recognize as mixtures if the PARTICLE…

About Project Runway

Brief history and description of the Peabody Award winning show Project Runway by Mark Hughes Project Runway Quizzes Project Runway Quiz…

Weather: The Great New England Hurricane

The Great New England HurricaneWeatherBlowing Cold and Hot: The Big OnesWinter Gone SouthBig-City SnowsStorm of the Century?The Greatest One of AllModern Winter of Deep SnowsGalveston Storm SurgeThe…

Lord's Supper

(Encyclopedia) Lord's Supper, Protestant rite commemorating the Last Supper. In the Reformation the leaders generally rejected the traditional belief in the sacrament as a sacrifice and as an…

tektite

(Encyclopedia) tektitetektitetĕktīt [key], naturally occurring, silica-rich (65%–80% SiO2) glass resembling obsidian and sometimes shale, and is normally jet black to olive green. They appear as…